Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] input: soc_button_array for newer surface devices

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 08:19:04PM +0200, Maximilian Luz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 7/16/19 9:21 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > When you are saying that Pro 4 and later models use different
> > notifications, does this mean that Pro 4 does not define any GPIOs?
> 
> Unfortunately, at least the Surface Book (first generation, buttons are
> handled the same way as on the Pro 4) has GPIOs defined in MSHW0040, but
> they are for different use. Specifically: They can detect if the
> clipboard (screen part of the device, the device basically has two parts
> that can be separated: clipboard and base) is being removed. Relying on
> the GPIOs was my first idea too, but that has been reported to shut down
> the Book 1 when the clipboard is detached.
> 
> As far as I know, the OEM platform revision check is the easiest way to
> differentiate between those devices.

OK, fair enough. By the way, I see you are adding some #ifdef
CONFIG_ACPI and stubbing out new functions, but the driver does not
really work without ACPI (acpi_match_device() will fail in this case I
would think and that will cause probe() to abort). So maybe we just add
depends on ACPI to the driver's Kconfig entry?

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry